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From the NHLPA and the NHL: TEAMS COMPLETE ROSTERS FOR WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY 2016 173 NHL Players Selected To Compete in Best-on-Best International Tournament; Two Blue-Chip Prospects for 2016 NHL Draft Also Named TORONTO (May 27, 2016) – All eight teams announced today their final, 23-man rosters for the…

Whatever happened on the negative side in Dan Boyle’s two seasons as a Ranger, some of it wasn’t his fault. I happen to not think he was as bad as many of my media brethren over the two years. I just didn’t. I actually liked his compete level, and thought…

By Ed McGrogan Senior Editor, TENNIS.com & TENNIS Magazine You can dissect and interpret the New York Rangers’ 2015-16 season any way you want, but unlike the four seasons that preceded it, you can’t say that it was a missed opportunity. You could argue that the 2011-12 semifinal shortcoming against their…

Rangers 3, Lightning 2. Click here for the boxscore with links to the official game summary, etc. Click here for Alain Vigneault’s post-game press conference video. Thoughts: 1) First, a heads-up. I’m going to be on Brian Compton’s SNY Rangers blog podcast later today. You can hear it at snyrangersblog.com.…

ICYMI, Kevin Hayes is expected to be sitting out tonight’s game, after coach Alain Vigneault said he doesn’t think Hayes has worked hard enough. However, there is apparently an injury/illness issue with another forward which might necessitate Hayes playing. Pre-game notes courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS at TAMPA…

Lightning 2, Rangers 1. Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc. Thoughts: 1) Ryan McDonagh needs to sit a few games. Alain Vigneault should be fired for this. Worst loss I’ve ever experienced. Disgusting. … Seriously, these are things people were saying after the Rangers’…

[polldaddy poll=9189258 align=”left”] Game 19. Rangers at Lightning. Click here to read my earlier column: Can the Rangers’ trajectory continue? Ya boys look to tie the franchise record of 10 consecutive wins, set in 1939-40 and matched in 1972-73, without the benefit of the overtime/shootout nonsense, tonight at another…

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Alec Wilkinson is an award-winning journalist for The New Yorker for 35 years, the author of 10 books, and a long-time friend. He also happens to be, like most of you, a crazy Rangers fan.) By Alec Wilkinson We’re going to have to settle this thing about what…

Happy Memorial Day! Please spend some time today reflecting on those who served and sacrificed. Click here for a great Game 5 photo gallery by Frank Becerra Jr. Click here to read my column from lohud.com. Click here to read Josh Thomson’s game story from lohud.com. Click here for the…

Here are my story and notebook from practice today: NEW YORK – Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper thought perhaps his team played better than it had in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final, a 2-1 loss to the Rangers Saturday. Until he watched the video. “There’s the times that…

[polldaddy poll=8871008 align=”left”] Game 1. Lightning at Rangers. Ya boys enter the Eastern Conference Final for the third time in four years. Pretty impressive run here. The Rangers have won three in a row, obviously. They have won 10 of last 11 playoff series in which they have had…

EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL FIVE THINGS TO WATCH: FAMILIAR FACES: This is the storyline of the whole series, or at least until it starts to be about other players. Ex-Rangers Ryan Callahan, Brian Boyle and Anton Stralman and former Lightning players Martin St. Louis and Dan Boyle. SPEED VS. SPEED: This…

My story from lohud.com: By Rick Carpiniello GREENBURGH – When Tampa Bay eliminated Montreal Tuesday, Lightning captain Steven Stamkos received a congratulatory text from former captain Martin St. Louis. Stamkos replied with his “thanks” and added “Hope we see you in Game 1.” When the Rangers beat Washington in Game…

To see my preview of the series, click here, or scroll down to the previous thread. Click here for Frank Becerra Jr.’s photo gallery from Game 7. And click here for Frank’s outstanding sights & sounds video from Game 7. ************************************************ Here’s a look at how the Rangers and Lightning…

ICYMI: Click here for Frank Becerra Jr.’s photo gallery from Game 7. And click here for Frank’s outstanding sights & sounds video from Game 7. Both are worth the clicks. I will have Rangers-Bolts matchups and predictions in the morning. Then stuff from practice in the afternoon. My story from…

Thoughts: 1) This is just such a different team now, with its intimidating speed and ability to score goals. Three, four, or more on any given night against any opponent. Down 2-0, most Rangers teams over the last, oh, 21 years or so, were done. Game over. Honest Darryl Sutter…

By Ed McGrogan, senior editor of TENNIS Magazine and TENNIS.com It’s around this time of the regular season, when roughly one-third of the games have passed, that we as fans and critics strive to take stock of a team. At this point, you usually have a good sense of a…